Jake received the B.Sc. in Computer Engineering and M.Sc. in Systems Engineering degrees from the Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2008 and 2010 respectively. From 2010 to 2012, he was with DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc., as a Systems Engineer, where he was involved with defense systems modeling and proposals. In 2012 he joined Mark Andy, Inc., as a Software Engineer. Meanwhile, he has held a Director position at the Midwest Gateway International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Chapter and the Vice President Position at the Mastodon Art/Science Regional Fair since 2011 and 2012 respectively. He is continuing research in systems engineering heuristics and modeling.